Award Winners at the 65th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance (Photos)
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Pebble Beach CA. Aug 17 2015 - An Italian Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Cabriolet that once turned heads and garnered top prizes in the classic era glided to victory at the 65th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday.
The competition drew 219 cars from 16 countries and 29 U.S. states to the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links. It also raised over $1.8 million to help people in need. Through the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, these charitable funds will benefit 100 local charities.
1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A F
The winning car is built on an extremely long 145-inch 1924 Tipo 8A chassis, which was acquired in the early 1930s by Swiss Carrosserie Worblaufen to be used as the basis for a new sport cabriolet. The finished car was displayed at the 1932 Geneva Auto Show and won the Grand-Prix d'Honneur at Cannes in 1933. After being shown, the car passed through the hands of just three owners prior to being purchased by current owner Jim Patterson of Louisville, Kentucky.
Asked what he loved most about the massive cabriolet, Patterson chose to focus on its small details. "I love the cigarette lighters," he said. "You should see them! I wondered a while ago if they worked, and I've got a blister on my finger to show they do."
The car's win at Pebble Beach marked the second win for Patterson. His 1933 Delahaye D8S De Villars Roadster was named Best of Show in 2010. "I won here in 2010 with an all-white car, and now I've won with an all-black car. I don't know if I've run out of colors or what," he joked.
1937 Delahaye 145 Franay Cabriolet
There were many strong contenders for Best of Show this year, including a 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Kellner Torpedo Phaeton owned by Doug Magee Jr. of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; a 1937 Delahaye 145 Franay Cabriolet owned by Sam & Emily Mann of Englewood, New Jersey; and a 1953 Abarth 1100 Sport Ghia Coupé owned by Grant Kinzel of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Concours Chairman Sandra Button said the win by the Isotta Fraschini wasn't a surprise given its provenance: "From the moment that Cesare Isotta and the Fraschini brothers founded their company, they were known for building prestigious cars, and this particular car is very stylish and very powerful. Even when resting on the stage, it seems to be in motion, and it is filled with emotion. There is a lot of passion in this car."
1951 Mercury 1CM Bob Hirohata Custom Coupe
Ferraris were featured in great numbers this year, along with classic era duPonts, antique Popes, British prewar sports cars and postwar Cunninghams. Special classes celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Shelby GT350 and the 75th anniversary of the Lincoln Continental, and Mercury Customs were displayed for the first time.
Complete List of 2015 Winners Best of Show 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A F Best of Show Nominees 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Kellner Torpedo Phaeton 1937 Delahaye 145 Franay Cabriolet 1953 Abarth 1100 Sport Ghia Coupé Most Elegant Awards
1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta
J.B. & Dorothy Nethercutt Most Elegant Closed Car 1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Figoni & Falaschi Pillarless Berline Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible 1937 Delahaye 145 Franay Cabriolet Most Elegant Open Car 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Kellner Torpedo Phaeton Strother MacMinn Most Elegant Sports Car 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta Special Awards
1953 Cunningham C-5R Roadster
Alec Ulmann Trophy 1929 Hispano-Suiza H6B Hibbard & Darrin Cabriolet de VIlle Ansel Adams Award 1923 Mercer Series b6 Sporting Art Center College of Design Award 1955 Maserati A6G 2000 Zagato Coupé Briggs Cunningham Trophy 1953 Cunningham C-5R Roadster Chairmans Trophy 1926 Renault 45MC Manessius Cabriolet de Ville Charles A. Chayne Trophy 1902 Panhard et Levassor Type B1 Saloon Classic Car Club of America Trophy 1931 duPont Model H Merrimac Sport Phaeton Dean Batchelor Trophy 1951 Mercury 1CM Bob Hirohata Custom Coupe Elegance in Motion Trophy 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Touring Spider Enzo Ferrari Trophy 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta Competizione FIVA Prewar Trophy 1921 Stutz K Bearcat FIVA Postwar Trophy 1956 Jaguar D-type Roadster French Cup 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Vanvooren Cabriolet Gran Turismo Trophy 1952 Cunningham C-4R Competition Roadster Lincoln Trophy 1933 Lincoln KB Dietrich Five Passenger Convertible Sedan Lorin Tryon Trophy General William Lyon, Newport Beach, California Lucius Beebe Trophy 1952 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV Hooper Sedanca de Ville Mercedes-Benz Star of Excellence Award 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500K Roadster Mille Miglia Pre-War Trophy 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Touring Coupé Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy 1931 Invicta LS Carbodies Coupé The Phil Hill Cup 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale Spyder The Revs Program at Stanford Award 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Kellner Torpedo Phaeton Road & Track Trophy 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350 The Tony Hulman Trophy 1948 Talbot-Lago T26C Grand Prix Racer The Vitesse - Elegance Trophy 1946 Delahaye 135 MS Pourtout Coupé Aérodynamique CLASS AWARDS
1904 Pope-Toledo Type IV Rear Entrance Tonneau: 3rd in Class
1939 Bentley 4¼ Litre Park Ward Sports Coupé: 3rd in Class
1932 Invicta S Carbodies Tourer: 3rd in Class
Class A-1: Antique 1st: 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Kellner Torpedo Phaeton 2nd: 1910 Speedwell Model 10-L Burr Landaulet Town Car 3rd: 1903 Thomas Model 18 Shelden Rear Entrance Tonneau Class A-2: Pope 1st: 1912 Pope-Hartford 27 Pony Tonneau 2nd: 1909 Pope-Hartford Model S Toy Tonneau 3rd: 1904 Pope-Toledo Type IV Rear Entrance Tonneau Class B: Vintage 1st: 1920 Stutz Series H Bearcat, Stanley & Merle Bauer 2nd: 1923 Mercer Series 6 Sporting, Kirk M. Pumphrey 3rd: 1923 Duesenberg A Millspaugh & Irish Five Passenger Touring Class C-1: American Classic Open 1st: 1931 Chrysler CG Imperial LeBaron Dual Cowl Phaeton 2nd: 1938 Graham Model 97 Saoutchik Convertible 3rd: 1936 Cadillac 90 Fleetwood Convertible Sedan Class C-2: American Classic Open Packard 1st: 1934 Packard 1107 Twelve Convertible Victoria 2nd: 1933 Packard 1005 Twelve Convertible Victoria 3rd: 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Sedan Class C-3: American Classic Closed 1st: 1930 Stutz MB Weymann Monte Carlo 2nd: 1932 Packard 904 Deluxe Eight Dietrich Stationary Coupe 3rd: 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Stationary Coupe Class D: duPont 1st: 1931 duPont Model H Merrimac Sport Phaeton 2nd: 1929 duPont Model G Merrimac Special Sedan 3rd: 1929 duPont Model G Waterhouse Roadster Class G: Duesenberg 1st: 1934 Duesenberg J Walker-LaGrande Convertible Coupe 2nd: 1934 Duesenberg J Walker-LaGrande Convertible Coupe 3rd: 1931 Duesenberg J Derham Tourster Class H-1: Rolls-Royce Prewar 1st: 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Brewster Special Permanent Newmarket 2nd: 1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Figoni & Falaschi Pillarless Berline 3rd: 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Brewster Newport Class H-2: Rolls-Royce and Bentley Postwar 1st: 1952 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV Hooper Sedanca de Ville 2nd: 1953 Bentley R-Type Continental H.J. Mulliner Sports Saloon 3rd: 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud James Young Coupé Class I: Mercedes-Benz 1st: 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Tourer 2nd: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Tourer 3rd: 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500K Roadster Class J-1: European Classic Early 1st: 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A F 2nd: 1932 Austro Daimler ADR8 Keibl Karosseriewerk Limousine 3rd: 1929 Bentley 4½ Litre Vanden Plas Four Seater Class J-2: European Classic Late 1st: 1937 Delahaye 145 Franay Cabriolet 2nd: 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Vanvooren Cabriolet 3rd: 1939 Bentley 4¼ Litre Park Ward Sports Coupé Class K-1: British Prewar Sports Cars Early 1st: 1927 Bentley 3 Litre Vanden Plas Sports Tourer 2nd: 1926 Bentley 3 Litre Speed Model Vanden Plas Tourer 3rd: 1932 Invicta S Carbodies Tourer Class K-2: British Prewar Sports Cars Late 1st: 1937 Jaguar SS 100 Roadster, Jaime & Cecilia Muldoon 2nd: 1938 Alvis Speed 25 Offord & Sons Open Two Seater 3rd: 1934 SS Cars SS1 Tourer, Colin & Anne Stewart Class L-1: Prewar Preservation 1st: 1906 Pierce Great Arrow 40-45 7 Passenger Touring 2nd: 1927 Hispano-Suiza Type 49 H.J. Mulliner Sport Saloon 3rd: 1904 Pope-Hartford Model B Rear Entrance Tonneau Class L-2: Postwar Preservation 1st: 1956 Jaguar D-type Roadster 2nd: 1956 Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Coupé 3rd: 1965 Porsche 356SC Karmann Coupe Class M-1: Ferrari Grand Touring 1st: 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Cabriolet Series I 2nd: 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti Spyder California 3rd: 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe Aerodinamico Prototipo Class M-2: Ferrari Competition 1st: 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta Competizione 2nd: 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Alloy Boano Coupe 3rd: 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti Spyder California Competizione Class M-3: Ferraris in the Pebble Beach Road Races 1st: 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Spyder Series I 2nd: 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale Spyder 3rd: 1955 Ferrari 857S Scaglietti Spyder Class M-4: Ferrari Preservation 1st: 1964 Ferrari 250 GTL Scaglietti Berlinetta Lusso 2nd: 1961 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pininfarina SWB Coupe 3rd: 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C Scaglietti Berlinetta Class N: Designs by Carrozzeria Touring 1st: 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Touring Coupé 2nd: 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Touring Spider 3rd: 1962 Pegaso Z-103 Touring Panoramica Coupe Class O-1: Postwar Early 1st: 1953 Abarth 1100 Sport Ghia Coupé 2nd: 1946 Delahaye 135 MS Pourtout Coupé Aérodynamique 3rd: 1950 Aston Martin DB2 Saloon Class O-2: Postwar Late 1st: 1954 Fiat 8V Supersonic Ghia Coupe 2nd: 1954 Fiat 8V Zagato Coupe, David Sydorick 3rd: 1957 Siata 208S Motto Spyder Class O-3: Postwar Racing 1st: 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe 2nd:1955 Porsche 550RS Spyder 3rd: 1959 Lister Costin Roadster Class P: Postwar Cunninghams 1st: 1951 Cunningham C-2 Roadster 2nd:1954 Cunningham C-3 Vignale Coupé 3rd: 1952 Cunningham C-4R Competition Roadster Class R: Mercury Customs 1st: 1951 Mercury 1CM Bob Hirohata Custom Coupe 2nd: 1949 Mercury 9CM Sam Barris Custom Coupe 3rd: 1950 Mercury OCM Wally Welch Custom Coupe Class S: Shelby GT350 50th Anniversary 1st: 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350 2nd: 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350 Prototype 3rd: 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350Source: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Photos: Randy Berg
Related: Pebble Beach 2015: Not Far From The Madding Crowd (Video)
Pictured below: 1911 Pope-Hartford Model W Portola Roadster; and 1938 Graham Model 97 Saoutchik Convertible
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